Meaning

9 senses
  1. (transitive)To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.

    We measured the temperature with a thermometer.

    You should measure the angle with a spirit level.

    messen

    измеря́тьizmerjátʹ, ме́ритьméritʹ, изме́ритьizméritʹ

    вимі́рюватиvymírjuvaty

  2. (stative)To be of (a certain size), to have (a certain measurement).

    The window measured two square feet.

    have certain dimensions

  3. To estimate the unit size of something.

    I measure that at 10 centimetres.

  4. To judge, value, or appraise.

  5. To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.

    abmessen

  6. (rare)To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.

  7. To adjust by a rule or standard.

  8. (often)To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with.

  9. (transitive)To regulate or control (one's actions, speech, etc.), as if one were carefully measuring their length or quantity.

Examples

556 sentences
  1. Have you measured it?

    Ти це поміряв? — deniko

    ruТы его измерил? — marafon

    deHast du es vermessen? — al_ex_an_der

  2. Measure the volume.

    Поміряй об'єм. — deniko

  3. What did you measure it with?

    ruЧем ты это измерил? — odexed

  4. Do you have a tape measure?

    ruУ тебя есть рулетка? — marafon

  5. The measure became law in October.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ascertain the quantity of a unit:
Русский
By meaning 1
ascertain the quantity of a unit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
ascertain the quantity of a unit:
obtain or set apart:

Origin

From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mēti

From Middle English mesure, from Old French mesure, from Latin mēnsūra (“a measure”), mētior (“to measure”, supine stem in mēns-) + -tūra. Largely displaced native Old English metan ("to measure" whence modern mete) and ġemet (“a measure”). See also -ure.

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Forms

measures, measuring, measured, measured
Base formmeasure · to measure
3rd person singularmeasures
Present participlemeasuring
Past simplemeasured
Past participlemeasured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymeasure
he, she, itmeasures

Past simpleLesson

all personsmeasured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave measured
he, she, ithas measured

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill measure

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

24 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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